Chess

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Raymond Keene

First past the post in the 5th Chequers Competition was Mrs S. Haslam of 24a Tredegar Road, London E3, whose speedy answers earned her a total of 47 points, ahead of T. J. Upton (Oxford) and J. D. Taylor (Nottingham). Rather than send out the £500 cheque, as was the custom with the £200 prize, there will be a special award ceremony at the Chequers Cafe. Details will be announced later. Winner of the overseas entry was Mr N. B. K. Gill of 126 Bucks Road, Douglas, Isle of Man. The prize here is a Conchess 'Ambassador' chess com- puter which offers ten levels of playing skill from beginners to well above average club players and has been generously donated by Mr Andy Rowland of Contemporary Chess Computers, 2-3 Noble Corner, Great West Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, who market the computer at £229.

Here, in brief, are the answers I had been looking for:

1) Karpov — Chandler: Black should have

struck out with 1 Qxh2+ I 2 Kxh2 Nxg3 when he has a winning attack, although the variations are still complicated and Black was already very short of time. A good opportunity missed.

2) Kasparov — Andersson: If 1 ... Bxf6 2 Qg6+ Kf8 3 Bxf6 gxf6 4 Re6! wins.

Narpm-Chandler Kasparov-Andersson

Kasparov-Korchnoi. Game 1 Ribli-Smyslov

3) Kasparov Korchnoi: Korchnoi avoid- ed 1 Rd8 since 2 Nxe5! Rxdl 3 Raxdl

gives dangerous play to White, 4) Ribli — Smyslov: 1 Bxf4 is simple and strong, but 1 Nd5 Bxd6 2 Nb6 Rb8 3 Rxd6 Rxb6 4 Bd5 or 4 Redl, is also excellent.

Smyslov-Ribli

5) Smyslov — Ribli: If 1 .. . gxf6 2 dxe6! Qg5+ 3 Khl fxe6 4 Rgl Qf4 5 Rg7 Qxf3 + 6 Kgl Rdl + 7 Rxdl Qxd1 +

f3 Qd2+ 10 Kh3 and wins. 8 Kg2 Qd5+ 9

6) Kasparov — Korchnoi: 1 e 5 Nd5 2 Nxa7 chosen in the game, which quite sufficient to win. is probably even stronger was, however,

than the line

Kasparov-Korchnoi. Game 9